Chasing Shadows - Episode 6

Adebisi sat on her bed, gripping the bottle of pills in her hands.

Her heart was racing, but this time, it wasn’t just from anxiety.

It was from decision.

She had been here before, staring at the medication, wondering if she could function without it.

But tonight was different.

Tonight, she was fighting back.

—

The journey had started with exposing the lies.

Anxiety had whispered to her for years.

"You’re not enough."
"You’ll never get better."
"God has abandoned you."

And she had believed them.

Until Pastor Segun told her: “You cannot fight an enemy you won’t expose.”

So she started writing them down.

Every anxious thought.
Every fear.
Every lie that had kept her trapped.

And next to each one, she wrote what God actually said.

"I am not enough?" God’s grace is sufficient. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

"I will never get better?" God is my healer. (Psalm 147:3)

"God has abandoned me?" He will never leave me. (Deuteronomy 31:8)

At first, it felt silly.

But over time, as she spoke God’s word, the lies grew quieter.

—

The second step was breaking the patterns.

Anxiety wasn’t just in her mind, it was in her habits.

She had numbed herself with shopping, endless scrolling, distractions.

She had depended on the pills to function.

But now?

She was confronting the things that fed her anxiety.

With the help of her doctor, she started adjusting her medication, slowly, carefully.

She deleted shopping apps from her phone.
She gave Tola access to her bank account to keep her accountable.
She replaced mindless scrolling with intentional prayer.

It wasn’t easy.

Some days, she failed.

But each time, she got back up.

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Author’s Note

Growth is possible…

Overcoming is possible…

I hope this episode ministered hope to you?

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